W. Oh, I know why they were not to pick it up on the Sunday, Mamma, because that is God's holy day. You know my little hymn says,

"This day belongs to God alone:
He chooses Sunday for His own,
And we must neither work nor play,
Because it is the Sabbath day."

This is the reason that you like us to read our Bibles, and hear about Jesus Christ and heavenly things, instead of walking in the fields or playing with our toys

on Sunday. How very good God was, Mamma, in giving the children of Israel all they wanted. I think they ought to have loved Him more.

Mamma. Alas, my child, very few people love God as they Does not the great

ought to do!

God send us bread from heaven, but do we love Him as we ought? Does He not cause the corn to grow when it is sown in the ground, and send rain to water it, and make it spring up, and

then the warm sun to ripen it, and make it fit for use? Not a single ear of wheat would grow if God did not make it; not a bit of bread could you and dear little Emily and Fanny have for your breakfast, if your heavenly Father did not cause the corn to grow. Therefore, every time you sit down to a meal, my dear, you should thank God for all the blessings He has given you, and praise His holy name.

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LESSON V.

THE COMMANDMENTS.

W. Now, dear Mamma, I am come to hear a Bible story. I wish very much to know something more about the children of Israel.

Mamma. About three months after the children of Israel had left the land of Egypt, they came to a part of the desert in which there

was a mountain or very high hill. They pitched their tents at the foot of this mountain, which was called Mount Sinai, and stopped there some time. You know what I mean by pitching their tents?

W. Oh, yes, Mamma, for Grandpapa has so often told us in his letters, during his travels in India, about pitching their tents for the night. It means, fixing the poles in the ground, and throwing the curtains over them; and then, in the morning, you know, when they